Obama's Next Supreme Court Nominee – Who will it be?As Super Tuesday was unraveling, President Obama at the same time met with top Senate leaders at the White House to discuss Obama's nomination to fill a Supreme Court vacancy this year, after associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead on February 13. But, at it was expected, Senate Republicans said nothing has changed their determination not to give the nominee a hearing as they still think that this appointment should be made by the next president.
But, even after this, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Obama is moving forward with the process of vetting and nominating a Supreme Court justice. On Monday it was announced that President Obama has already tapped Brian Deese, his senior adviser on energy and environment issues, to oversee the upcoming Supreme Court nomination and there are talks that SCOTUS nomination could even come by the end of this week, or surely in the next following weeks.
So now you have created market about who will be Obama's next Supreme Court nominee and
the biggest chances are given to judge Sri Srinivasan as he is a top contender if the President wants a so-called consensus nominee who could peel off enough GOP votes to get past a filibuster. He is followed by Loretta Lynch, former U.S. attorney in New York who has a strong record on civil-rights issues as U.S. attorney general.
There are already talks that Democrats might not want to risk burning Srinivasan on a political fight, so other opinions could also be great bets. One of them is Jacqueline Nguyen who was confirmed to the appellate court, 91-3, in May 2012, potentially making it difficult for Republicans to justify voting against her. Rather favorites are also Ketanji Brown Jackson and Jane Kelly who is, on the other side, one with the lack of a judicial record.
Again, with Senate Republicans not wanting to give nominee even a hearing, options ‘Other’ could be a great bet as it is highly unlikely that Senate will confirm Next Supreme Court Nominee so Obama could step away from the popular names. Anyway, you have plenty options to bet on Fairlay and
take in mind that this market resolves to Barack Obama's next formal Supreme Court nominee, whether or not the nomination is successful. Place your bet now at:
https://www.fairlay.com/predict/registered/new/obamas-next-supreme-court-nominee/And, as usual, you can also suggest you own markets about SOTUS nominations. So, would you maybe like to see market about the gender of the next nominee, or will Senate confirm next, or in fact any of the Obama’s SCOTUS nominees?